Sefton Health and Wellbeing Board are required by law to produce a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) every three years, and to make sure that it is available for stakeholders to comments on before it is finalised and published. The pharmaceutical needs assessment describes pharmacy provision in Sefton together with when and where these are available.  NHS England also uses the PNA when considering applications to … Continue reading Sefton pharmacies – what do you think?

Healthwatch Sefton and Sefton’s Public Health team are working together to encourage as many Sefton residents as possible to complete its survey as part of the NHS Health Check programme. This is a national programme which aims to check for early signs of heart disease, stroke, kidney damage, type 2 diabetes or dementia. The survey data will help to improve the programme and so Sefton’s … Continue reading NHS Health Check survey

Alzheimer’s Society has released its calendar of Memory Cafes in Sefton for 2018. The society says that people can pop along to the cafes where they can chat to others who have been affected by dementia in a friendly and relaxed, social environment. You can chat and share your experiences about your diagnosis of dementia and what that means to you with others and health … Continue reading Memory Cafes for 2018

Today, on World Diabetes Day, health commissioners in Sefton are celebrating the success of their local Type 2 diabetes prevention programme, which is helping hundreds of residents to take action to reduce the risk of developing the condition. Healthier You: the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme was launched in Sefton in January 2017 and offers residents tailored, personalised help and is run from local community venues … Continue reading Type 2 diabetes programme success

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is encouraging people to educate themselves on the signs and symptoms of diabetes for World Diabetes Day today (November 14). The theme of this year’s World Diabetes Day is ‘women and diabetes – our right to a healthy future’. It is reported that one in 10 women live with diabetes but not all women have the same access to education, … Continue reading Mersey Care supports World Diabetes Day